Imagine a future moment in your life where all your dreams come true. You know it's the greatest moment of your life and you get to experience it with one person. Who's standing next to you?
If someone had asked John this question just a year ago he would have sat in silence for a minute thinking before quietly answering, "Sherlock". Never believing it would come true. Then Sherlock came back into his life in a whirlwind of activity. Now here John stands next to his best friend, in what has to be the greatest moment he could imagine, looking into the room that holds his wife and newborn daughter.
The prospect of introducing this new life to Sherlock made him nervous. Looking down at his hands, sweating with that nervousness, John rubbed them on his trousers. Glancing back up at Sherlock, John smiled. Sherlock was peering into the room with a look of concentration on his face, as if he were trying to deduce the baby. John gave a small laugh causing Sherlock to look at him. Grabbing his sleeve, John led Sherlock into the room and next to the cot holding his daughter. "Sherlock I would like to introduce you to my daughter, Wilhelmina Maria Watson."
Surprised Sherlock looked at John and then at Wilhelmina. "You named her after me?" Nodding John looked down at her as well. "Of course I did. Would you like to hold her?" At first Sherlock shook his head no, but at the look on John's face he changed his mind. After showing Sherlock how to position his arms John picked up Wilhelmina and passed her to Sherlock.
Standing back John looked at his small family plus one best friend and grinned. This right here was the greatest moment in life. He just thanked God that he got the chance to share it with Sherlock.
So this is my first short story. I got the idea from reading the quote and it got stuck in my head. I hoped you enjoyed it. Thanks so much for taking the time to read it.